Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
The Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government from 1947 until 1966. The holder was responsible for assisting the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in dealing with British relationship with members of the Commonwealth of Nations (its former colonies). The position was created out of the old position of Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.
After 1966 the post was merged with the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and became the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs.
Office-Holders
- 1947: Arthur Bottomley
- 1947: Patrick Gordon Walker
- 1950: Lord Holden
- 1950: David Rees Williams
- 1951: Earl of Lucan
- 1951: John Foster
- 1954: Douglas Dodds-Parker
- 1955: Allan Noble
- 1956: Lord John Hope
- 1957: Cuthbert Alport
- 1959: Richard Thompson
- 1960: Duke of Devonshire (to 1962)
- 1961: Bernard Braine (to 1962)
- 1962: John Tilney (to 1964)
- 1964: Lord Taylor Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
- 1965: Lord Beswick Also Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies until 1 August 1966